Garter.



HARVEY B. BLACK, 01? BOGOTA, NEW JERSEY.

GARTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1917.

Application filed January 2, 1914. Serial No. 809,898.

To all 'w/wmt't may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY B. BLACK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bogota, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garters, of whichthe following is a full, true, and complete specification.

My invention is an improvement in garters of the kind used in supportinghalfhose; and the object is to provide a convenient and comfortabledevice which permits of adjustment both as to length of theclasp-carrying straps and of the leg-encircling portion, so as to holdthe hose snugly and smoothly at two points of support, and which iswholly made of straps and inexpensive metal stampings and so combined asto avoid contact of the metal with the skin.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view showing the garter in use;

spread out;

Fig. 8 is Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a slotted plate; and

*ig. 5 is a perspective view of a fastening device.

A clasp-carrying tape or strap 6 is provided at each end with anysuitable form of hose-supporting clasp 7 such as indicated. This strapis threaded through a slotted plate 8, constituting a direction-changingand adjustment-holding device, from which both ends of theclasp-carrying strap depend in diverging relation, so as to enable thede vices 7 to engage the hose at separated points. l/Vhile the gartermay be variously a section on the line 3-3 of worn, the plate 8ispreferably disposed at the back, the strap ends being carrieddiagonally forward to engage the hose at opposite sides of the wearersleg.

A portion 9 of the clasp-carrying strap is extended laterally from theplate 8, thus constituting part of the girdle of the garter; and, asshown, this portion is a loop uniting the two strap ends and permittingthem to be drawn farther in or out of the plate 8, so as to vary theireffective length.

The remainder of the girdle is separate from the olasp-carrying strapand preferably consists of a single strap or tape 10, which is connectedat one end to the loop 9 and thence extends around the leg and is Fig. 2is'a view of a portion of the garter connected to the plate 8. Thisgirdle portion is provided with a separable fastener or catch 11, toenable the garter to be readily applied and removed, and with a take-updevice 12, to permit the length of the girdle to be adjusted. Thistake-up slide also enables the user to compensate for variations in thelength of the loop 9, due to adjustment of the lengths of the strap ends6.

In the particular construction shown the plate 8 is provided withvertical slots 13 and 14, adjacent its opposite ends or sides. It alsohas downwardly-diverging diagonal slots 15 and 16 in its intermediateportion and a horizontal slot 17 below the diagonal slots. At one end itis provided with an additional vertical slot 18. The separable fastening11 comprises two members 19 and 20, one of which is carried by the loop9 and the other by the adjacent end of the girdle strap 10. It is shownof the hook and eye type, but may obviously be of any other suitablecharacter. The member 19 comprises a body plate 21 having two verticalslots 22, 23, with an intermediate bar 24, on which latter is mountedthe hook or other fastening element 25.

a Following the clasp-carrying strap 6 from its left-hand end in theviews, it will be found to pass diagonally upward from beneath throughthe horizontal slot 17 of the plate 8, over the outer side of the plate,through the diagonal slot 15, behind the plate, outward through thevertical slot 13, thence to the right, forming the outer portion of theloop 9, through the slot 22 of the plate 21, behind the bar 24, throughthe slot 23, thence around the remote edge of this plate, where it iscarried backward entirely across the back of the plate, to and acrosssubstantially the entirety of the back of the plate 8, forward throughthe slot 18 and backward through the slot 14 of this plate, behind theplate again, through the diagonal slot 16 and thence downward throughthe horizontal slot 17 through which both strap ends pass in divergentcrossing relation. It will be observed that the clasp-carrying strap 9thus covers the back of the plate 21 and substantially the whole of theplate 8, so as to keep the metal of these parts from touching the skin.One

, extremity of the strap 10 is sewed or otherwise secured to thefastening member 20, and the opposite end is looped and passed throughthe additional vertical slot 18 in the plate 8, so as to cover the smallportion of the underside of the latter not traversed by the strap 9.This extremity of the strap 10 is fastened to the center bar of thetakeup slide 12, through the slots'of which the strap passes, so thatthe effective length of the strap can be varied by sliding the devicethereon. It will be observed that the back of this plate is also coveredby the strap.

While I have described the preferred embodiment of my invention withparticularity, it will be understood that I am not limited to theprecise details shown.

What I claim as new is:

1. A garter, comprising a slotted plate, and a clasp-carrying strapthreaded therethrough and held in adjustment thereby, said strap havingtwo depending ends, each carrying a clasp, and a looped portionextending laterally from the plate and constituting a part of the girdleof the garter, said looped portion varying in length according to theadjustment of the claspcarrying strap, in combination with anothergirdle portion, the same being separate from the clasp-carrying strapand having a separable fastening and a compensating take-up device.

2. A garter, comprising a clasp-carrying strap, and anadjustment-holding and direction-changing device through which the strapis threaded, said strap having two depending ends, each carrying aclasp, and a laterally extending portion forming part of the girdle ofthe garter, in combination with a separate girdle strap and a takeupdevice therefor.

3. A garter, comprising a slotted plate, a clasp-carrying strap threadedthere'through and held in adjustment thereby, said strap having twodepending ends, each carrying a clasp, and a laterally extending loopedportion forming part of the girdle of the garter, in combination with amember of a separable fastening attached to the end of the laterallyextending portion, and' a separate girdle strap secured at one end tothe slotted plate and at the other end carrying the complementary memberof the separable fastening and having a take-up to compensate foradjustment of the clasp-carrying strap.

4 In a garter, the combination of a claspcarrying strap carrying hosesupporting clasps at its opposite ends, and a common plate through whichthe strap is threaded and from which both said ends depend, said platebeing provided with two reversely diagonal slots and a horizontal slotwhich frictionally hold the strap and direct the said ends in divergingdiagonal directions.v

5. A garter, comprising a slotted-plate, and a clasp-bearing strapthreaded through the plate w1th its ends directed 1n diverging relationand provided each with a hose-supporting clasp, said clasp-bearing straphaving a laterally extending looped portion, in combination with aseparate girdle member which connects with the looped portion.

6. A garter having a slotted plate and a clasp-carrying strap havinghose-supporting clasps at its ends, said strap extending upward from oneend and threaded through the plate, thence extended laterally andbrought back to form a loop constituting part of the girdle of thegarter, the back portion of the loop extending substantially entirelyacross behind the plate, covering the back surface of the same, andbeing threaded through the plate at the end of said plate remote fromthe loop and thence passing downwardly to form the other end of thestrap.

7. A garter having a slotted plate, and a clasp-carrying strap threadedthrough and heldin adjustment by the plate and having a laterallyextended loop forming part of the girdle of the garter, the back portionof the loop extending straight across behind the plate and covering thesame and being threaded through the portion of the plate {emote from theprojecting portion of the 8. A garter having a slotted plate, and aclasp-carrying strap threaded through and held in adjustment by saidplate and having 'a laterally extended loop forming part of the girdleof the garter, the back portion of the loop extending and being threadedthrough the portion of the plate remote from the projecting portion ofthe a loop across behind the plate and covering the same, in combinationwith a separate girdle strap secured to the plate at the end of theplate remote from the loop and covering the remainder of the back ofthisportion of the plate.

9. Ina garter, a plate having a vertical slot adjacent each end anddownwardlydiverging diagonal slots intermediate of the vertical slots,in combination with a clasp-carrying strap carried by said plate andhaving its ends passing through the vertical slots, thence through thediagonal slots, whence they extend downward in divergent crossingrelation.

10. In a garter, a plate having a vertical slot adjacent each end,downwardly-diverg ing diagonal slots intermediate of the Vertical slotsand a horizontal slot below said diagonal slots, in combination with aclaspcarrying strap having its end portions passed through the verticalslots at opposite ends of the plate, thence downward through thediagonal slots, whence both pass through the horizontal slot, indivergent crossing relation.

11. In a garter, a plate having a vertical slot adjacent each end, anadditional vertical slot adj acentone end, and reversely disposeddiagonal slots in its intermediate portion, in combination with aclasp-carrying strap having end portions carrying hosesupporting claspsat their extremities, said end portions passing through vertical slotsat opposite ends of the plate, thence through said diagonal slots anddownward in di-,

vergent relation, an intermediate portion of said strap being formedinto a loop extending laterally from said plate, and a separate girdlemember secured in the additional vertical slot at the opposite end ofthe plate itnd having means of connection with said 12. In a garter, aslotted plate, and a clasp-carrying strap threaded through and held inadjustment by the plate and having ends provided with hose-supportingclasps depending therefrom, said strap having a loop extending laterallyfrom the plate, in combination with a separate girdle strap, one memberof a separable fastening carried thereby, and a complementary fasteningmember carried by said looped portion, said complementary member havinga body plate provided with vertical slots and an intermediate bar, thefront portion of the loop passing through said slots and beneath the barand over the outer edge of said body plate and thence backward entirelyacross the back of this plate, covering the same.

13; In a garter, a. slotted plate, and a clasp-carrying strap threadedthrough and held in adjustment by said plate and having ends providedwith hose-supporting clasps depending therefrom, said strap having aloop extending laterally from said plate, and a slide plate carried bythe end of said loop, the rear portion of said loop extending entirelyacross the back of the slide plate, covering the same, and alsosubstantially entirely across the back of the slotted plate, coveringthe latter, in combination with a girdle member connecting with theslidep ate.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two witnesses HARVEY B. BLACK.

Witnesses: Y

J OHN B. BLACK, JOHN T. BLAoK.

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